… Preliminary county-level results show how the average margins in both urban and suburban counties were friendlier to Biden than they had been to Hillary Clinton four years ago, even as rural votes shifted more to the right.
That suburban shift was critical: It is estimated that nearly half of the votes cast in the election were cast in suburban counties. Biden’s picking up 2.3 points on average across those counties made a big difference. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post
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